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December 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Dec. 18 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec. 20

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All fixed commemorations below celebrated on January 1 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For December 19th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on December 6.

Saints

  • Martyr Boniface of Tarsus, at Tarsus in Cilicia (290) and Righteous Aglae (Aglais, Aglaida) of Rome. (c. 303)
  • Martyrs Elias, Probus, and Ares the Egyptians, in Cilicia (308)
  • Martyrs Polyeuctus at Caesarea in Cappadocia, and the Deacon Timothy at Mauretania, by fire (309)
  • Martyrs Eutychios and Thessaloniki, and with them 200 men and 70 women, by the sword.
  • Martyr Tryphon, by hanging.
  • Hieromartyr Capito (Capiton), Bishop of Cherson (4th century)
  • Saint Gregentios of Himyaritia (Gregentius of Himyar, Gregentios of Taphar, Gregory of Omirits), Missionary Archbishop of Zafar (capital of the Himyarite tribal confederacy) (552)
  • Saint Boniface the Merciful, Bishop of Ferentino (6th century)
  • Saints George the Scribe, and Sabbas, monks of Khakhuli Monastery (11th century)

    • Pre-Schism Western Saints

  • Saint Fausta of Sirmium, the mother of St Anastasia of Sirmium (3rd century)
  • Saint Anastasius I, Pope of Rome (401)
  • Saint Avitus (or Adjutus), Abbot of Micy near Orleans in France, an abbot renowned for the spirit of prophecy.
  • Saint Gregory of Auxerre, the twelfth bishop of Auxerre in France and Confessor (c. 540)
  • Saint Ribert (Ribarius), seventeenth Abbot of Saint-Oyend in France, he is venerated in Franche-ComtĂ© (c. 790)
  • Saint Manirus of Scotland, one of the Apostles of the north of Scotland (824).

    • Post-Schism Orthodox Saints

  • Venerable Elias of Murom, Wonderworker of the Kiev Caves (1188)
  • Saint Vladimir Veselovsky (1974)
  • Saint Seraphim (Romantsov), Schema-Archimandrite of Sukhumi (Abkhazia), Elder of Glinsk Monastery (1975)

    • Other commemorations

  • Repose of Blessed Hieromonk Hermogenes, founder of Kirensk and Albazin Monasteries in Siberia (1690)

    • References

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